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Application led September 8. 13924. Serial No. 736,539.

This invention relates generally to brick making machines, and more particularly to means for handling the molds after they have been filled with clay land discharged from the brick making machine. The ob# ject of the inventionfis to provide a simple, durable and eliicient high speed apparatus which will receive the filled and palleted.

and returned to the brick molding apparatusv for an additional charge. Y

lndevices of this kind it is customary to make the molds with a plurality of compartments so that a plurality of bricks can be made at each filling of the mold, and in practice it has been found practical toernalov molds havino' from sift to nine'andV sometimes more compartments, so that from six to nine and sometimes morelbricks can be molded at one and the same time. i

The clay is forced into the molds under considerable pressure and in forcing theclay into the mold the air isA of course xcludcd from the mold and consequently, when the mold is inverted Vfor the purpose of dis-y charging the bricks therefrom, thereris a partial vacuum withholding the brick in the mold and this vacuum must be broken before the ,brick canbe discharged unimpaired from the mold. f l

Efforts have been made to break the vacuum by knocking the molds at the ends and also tapping them upon the bottom after they have been inverted, but these' Aoperations are successful only when there is ample time for the mold and pallet to move away from each other, and in the cycle of operations of Y automatic brick making machines previously employed it has been found that very high eeds are impossible due tothe period of which must elapse for the free and easy t the brick d meld.

il, inverted and lewe "The-*object of my invention therefore is to vprovide a mechanism for handling `the molds and pallets in such a manner thathigh speedof the apparatus asa whole'c'an be obtained, and at ther same time ample time given for the separation ofthe moldand brick, so that the bricks can be separated in commercially perfect condition "from the molds.

This object I accomplish by moving the molds andpallets in the same direction first upwardly and 'then downwardly, and on the downward movementV of both pallet and mold, cause the pallet to move at a relatively greater speed thanthef. mold, whereby, the palletwith the bricks thereon is caused to move vertically away from the jmold, the

yproper time unit being had, due to the fact that the mold and pallet are both moving in unison inthe same direction but at relatively difierent speeds 'so that the operation is gradually taking l'placewhil'e the rmold is i being lowered, thereby gradually breaking he vacuum' and permitting the bricks to emergeV by gravity-in their commercially A perfect condition.v y

another object of the invention is to so construct theapparatus thatall of the operations can be accurately timed; and a still further object is to providean apparatus of such a nature that all danger of disturbing the synchronous movements of the various parts is entirely avoided.

Other objects `of the invention will become apparent as the description proceeds. v l rlhe invention consists vin the various novelv features of construction, and in the manner of combining or` arranging the various-parts, all of which v'will befully described hereinafter and set forth in the appended claims. L

ln the drawings forming a part of this specification, Fig. l is a side view'of a mold handling apparatus constructed in accordance with one embodiment of my invention; Fig'. 2 isaplan view of the same; Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional 'view taken through what maybe termed the tower of the machine and looking towards the rear; Figs.-

At, 5, 6 and 7 areA sectional views taken on the lines 4F4, 55, 6-46 and 77 respec# tively, of Fig. 3 and illustrate the manner in'which the mold with the pallet thereon is i i red; 8

detail sectional view showing the manner in which the mold and pallet are clamped together during the inverting operation; Fig.-

9 is a fragmentary plan view of the apparatus shown in Fig. 8 on Aa somewhat smaller scale, the mold and pallet being omitted; Fig. 10 is a longitudinal sectional view through the forward portion of the 'ma chine or that portion adjacent the pug mill showing the mold inverter mechanism and the means for feeding the molds from the inverter mechanism to the 1mechanism for feeding them back to the png mill; ,it also shows a mechanism by which the mold invertersaro rotated intermittently through 180o; Fig. 11 is a transverse sectional view taken at right angles to Fig. 10 and showing the same mechanism; Fig. 12 is a detail sectional view showing the ratchet and p'awl arrangement by which the inverter shaft is rotated intermittently; Fig. 13 is a face view of the bumper cam; Fig. 14 is a section on the line 14-14 of Fig. 12; Fig. 15 is a side elevation of the reciprocating carriage gf Fig. 16 is a section on the line 16-16 of Fig. 15; Fig. 17is a view illustrating the mechanism for lifting the sanded Vand inverted mold and feeding the same to the pug mill; and Figs. 18 and 19 are 'diagrammatic views showingr themanner in which the molds and pallets are lowered, the pallets traveling somewhat faster than the molds thereby withdrawing the bricks from the molds; the mechanism for taking the pallet with the bricks thereon from the machine and the mechanism for feeding the emptied molds over the sander and to the inverter. j

ln carrying out my invention l employ a main frame 10 comprising side and connecting portions, the said side and connecting portions being composed of sills, uprights7 side, top and connecting members of channel iron7 angle iron or other suitable material.

vWhat may be termed the forward end of the main frame is arranged in juxtaposition to the delivery end of a brick making machine of the pug mill type so that the filled molds 11, as they are discharged from the brick making machine are delivered upon a table 12 arranged upon the main frame and while the filled mold is at rest upon the table 12 it is bumped at each end by means of a hammer 13 in a manner hereafter eX- plained.y

Apallet 14 is then placed upon the bricks in themold. After the moldl has been bumped and the pallet'arranged thereon7 itis moved rearwardly by the next adjacent mold forced from the machine. This movement of the filled and palleted mold is toward the mechanism for dumping the bricks from the mold.

is previously stated it is of the utmost importance that ample time should be given for the separation of the bricks from the mold in order to insure commercially perfect bricks; and Athis I accomplish by raising the palleted molds one after another; carrying them vertically upwardly a definite distance, then in succession gradually inverting each filled and palleted mold and then carrying downwardly the series of pallets with the bricks thereon and at the same time carrying downwardly the series of molds, each mold, however, moving somewhat slower than its adjacent pallet with the bricks thereon; so that as the molds and pallets move inv unison in the same general direction, the pallet gradually moves awaj.7 from the mold making a complete separation without impairing the bricks.

Y in order to provide a proper mechanism for raising and separating theymolds and pallets, l providea tower 14 within which the mechanism is arranged. At the top of the tower l arrange a transverse horizontal shaft 15, and near the bottom of the tower 1 arrange a transverse horizontal shaft 15;". Upon these shafts 15 and 15a are the upper sprockets 16 and the lower sprockets 17; the upper sprockets being spaced apart the desired distance and the lower sprockets are similarly spaced upon the lower shaft. Endless chains 18 travel around these upper and lower sprockets 16 and 17. y

Connected to the parallel endless chains 18 are a series of horizont-al shafts 2O and 21 journaled in suitable bearings connected to the chain at spaced points and it will be noted that the shafts 2O and 21 are arranged close together7 the shaft 2O being a slight Adistance above the shaft 21 on the upward flight of the endless chain. Each shaft 2O has three pallet lowering fingers 22 rigidly connected thereto, and each shaft 21 has two mold lifting fingers 28 connected thereto.

Upon the end of Veach shaft 2O there is mounted a finger control crank 24, and upon the end of each shaft 21 there is also mounted a similar finger control crank 25. Each crank 24; con prises two arms 2li arranged at right angles to each other and also a fork Q4 arranged at the juncture of the arms 24: but extending in theopposite direction; as most clearly shown in Fips. (i and .7. y o

Each crank Q5 consists of the arms 25 and the forked portion Q5". Each arm i241 has a roller 24E@ mounted upon the end thereon and each crank arm-25a carries a freely turning roller Q5 at the end thereof.

Connected to the tower and main frame; are the upper cam track castings 26, the lower cam track castings 27 and the vertical tracks 28 which unite the upper and lower cam track castings.

The upperccam track castings 26 are simi CIJ lar, but their positions are reversed and the lower'cam track sections 27v are also similar, and their positions are also reversed. This is because the finger control cranks are mounted at opposite ends of the shafts and consequently-when one finger control crank is cooperating with its adjacent cam track, the finger vcontrol crank at the opposite end of the other shaft will be cooperatingwith its adjacent cam track. The same thing is true with reference to the cooperation between the linger control cranks and the lower cam tracks. y i There are preferably nine shafts 2()k and nine shafts 2l making eighteen shafts'in'V all, and there are eighteen/linger control cranks mounted upon the ends of the shafts. As before stated, the upper and lower cam track castings are connectedby means of parallel vertical tracks 28. The upper shaft which carries the upper sprockets which in turn carry the endless chains 18 has aV sprocket 29 upon the outer end thereof over which passes a sprocket chain 30 driven in a manner hereinafterdescribed.

The sprocket 29 turning in the direction of the arrow causes the forward flight of the endless chain 1S to move upwardly and this upward movement of the chain carries with it the mold lifting` fingers and pallet lowering fingers carried by the shafts 2l and .2O respectively.

The mold carrying fingers move upwardly through slots in the table and consequently lift the palleted mold upwardly and the mold lifting fingers are held in a horizontal position due to the fact that the roller 25c upon the end of the arm 25t travels vin the track 2S and this position continues until the roller upon the vertical arm ofthe crank enters the curved portion 26qu of the cam track 26and as this arm of theA crank travels around through the portion 26h, the mold lifting finger is turned from the horizontal position to substantially a vertical position.

At the same time that the mold lifting fingers 23 carried by the shaft 2l are moving upwardly carrying the palleted mold thereon, the pallet lowering fingers which are carried by the shaft20 just above'the shaft 2l is also moving up and its' linger control crank at the end thereof which is provided with .arms 24C engage with their rollers the portions 26C and 26d of the upper track cam at the Yother side, and this engagement of Y. the rollers at the ends of the crank arms causes the palleted lowerv fingers 22"' to assume substantially vertical position and in spaced parallelism with the mold lifting fingers 23 so that theinverted mold with trie pallet thereon is carried between the mold lifting fingers 23 and the pallet lower ing fingers crank arms through the central portion4k of the upper cam tracks, as shown in Fig.

22A during the passage ofthe lthese Velements in the manner set forth causes the V'pallet lowering fingers to assume a horizontal'positi'on inasmuch as the upright crank arm travels 'down-the straight portion 26a into the track 28 and the mold lifting fingers'drop back to a substantially horivzonta'lposition and they travel downwardly in unison with the pallet lowering fingers, and it will be noted that the forked portions 24FD and 25b are projected in reverse directions at oblique angles upon both the up flight and down flight of the chain 18. y

lt will bel understood that when the palleted mold lis turned to a vertical position and carried over the vertical center of the endlessY chain, the pallet 'with the mold thereon is transferred-to the pallet lower- Y ing finger 22 which at this time is descendand the mold lifting finger as previously stateddrops back to a substantially horizontal position and continues so during the down flight ofthe chain. At the same time that the pallet flowering fingers are traveling downwardly the empty molds are caught upon oppositely arranged cleats SOlea'rried by the endless chains '3l trai/cling around upper sprockets 32 and lower sprockets 33, the sprockets 32 being mounted upon'shafts Sli carrying bevel gears 35 at their ends whichv in turn mesh with bevel gears 35 carried, upon .the shaft 37 and `rotated in a mannerhereinafter Vexplained. y Y I The speed ofthe endless chains 31 isv suffi#4 ciently slower than the speed of the chainsl 18 to permitthe pallets with the brick thereon,fcarried vby the pallet lowering fingers 22, to move gradually away from the molds while the said molds and pallets with bricks thereon are descending in the same vertical plane. By this method four molds can be acted upon atene and the same time, that is four molds can be descending at one and the4 same time and their respective pallets gradually moving awayv from said molds dueto the factthat the pallet lowering fingers are moving faster thany the mold carry ing cleats. i

' The pallet with the-mold thereon finally vreaches a pallet jrestf hereafter fully de-V scribed and the bricks aretransferred therefrom in any suitable mi2-nner` The mold continues downwardly' and comes to rest in advance of a inoldfpusher hereafter de scribed, .Y l F rl`he shafts 2O and 2l are carried around below the lower sprockets and the finger control cranks at the ends of said shafts come into cooperative engagement with the lower cam track casting 27 which, as before stated, are arranged reversely in pairs.

Each lower cam track casting has a roller /lO upon a stud shaft directly in line with the lower sprocket shaft and below the same. These rollers l-O are engaged by the forked poi-tiens 24J) and 25h of the crank arms Q-l, and 25 and as th chains pass around, these i forked members, pivoting on the rollers cause the crank arms to be reversed bringing the mold lifting lingers and pallet lowering ling s into their proper relative positions on the. upward flight of the sprocket chains.

rllhe pallet rest lll and the mold pusher are carried by standards 42a connected to a hoi ucntally reciprocatii'lg carriage i3 travelling upon rollers 43 carried in yokes lh ath ched to the main frame.

rlie molds are pushed along guides 42 across the top of a sand box la in which rotate sand distributors fla which throw the sand upwardly and thoroughly coat the interior of the inverted mold, The sand box extends to one side of the main frame, in order to permit the sand to be'supplied from time to time.

A series of molds are being pushed at one tim^, step by step, across the sander and the foremost one of the series is pushed into the mold receiving openings 45a of the mold inverter 45. The mold inverter l5 consists of two castings mounted upon a shaft 116 and having oppositely disposed mold receiving openings or recesses 415 into which the mold is pushed as previously described. Mounted upon the shaft 46 is mutilated gearl? having an extension Je to which is pivoted a pawl lib and a spring 47C bearing upon said pawl. This pawl lib engages a ratchet 46h mounted upon the shaft 4G and by means of which the shaft is caused to make one half a revolution and .stop and then another h alf revolution, thereby bringing' the mold receiving openings or recesses 1li-5 into proper position to receive the mold.

The mutilated gear is operated by a toot-hed segment 4 8 carried by a rock shaft 48 mounted near the bottom of the main frame and this rock shaft has a crank arm 48h connected thereto, this crank arm being connected at its upper end to an adjustable pitman rod 49 pivotally connected to the standard or frame 50a of the mold advancer 50; this mold advancer frame being carried by the forward end of the reciprocable carriage 43. The mold advancer therefore moves back and forth with the reciprocating carriage and upon the limit of its rearward movement the inverted sanded mold is placed thereon, and as the carriage moves forward the mold advancer is carried with it and also the sanded mold, the mold adva-ncer having its rear edge flanged as shown at 50" to insure the proper movement of the mold along the guides 50c. The mold is here picked up by the mold elevator 51 carried at the end of the arms 5la mounted upon la rock shaft 52, carrying a roller arm` from the rock shaft 56a havin@` a crank arm 56b at its end and having a pitman rod 56 connected thereto and also to a crank arm 5G at the end of the plunger vcrank shaft.

rlhe mold is knocked by hammers 13 carried by the upper ends of the arms 60a pivoted on rock shafts 60@ and the ends of these arms are engaged by ratchet cams Gl mounted also on the inverter shaft; and consequently the hammers 13 will have an intermiti ent motion striking the ends of the filled mold as the mold inverter'is turning the sanded mold over ready to be advanced.

The reciprocating carriage is moved back and forth by means of pitman @connected to an arm 63 carried by a rock shaft G4 having a crank arm G5 at its outer end projecting beyond the main frame, and this crank arm is operated by a pitman rod G6 which, at its upper end, is connected to a crank arm 6G mounted at the end of the shaft 37 arranged upon the top of the tower and carryA ing the bevel gears 36 which in turn mesh with the bevel gears 35 upon the ends of the shafts 3a carrying the sprockets 33 which in turn operate the mold lower chains 3l.

Vrllhe shaft 37 has a sprocket GT at its outer end over which travels the sprocket chain G8 operatedfrom a sprocket wheel TO mounted on the plunger crank shaft.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings it will be seen that l provide a simple and compact device which is driven from the pug mill and which efficiently operates to separate the pallets and molds in a gradual manner and while they are moving' in the same direction. Furthermore, it will be noted that a. plurality of molds and pallets are all moving in unison and all in the same direction so that the proper time interval is had for the proper separation of the bricks from the molds. lt will also be noted that the pallet mover, mold pusher, mold inverter and mold advancer are all operated in unison from av reciprocating carriage, which in turn receives its motion from the mold lifting and pallet lowering mechanism.

LA. device constructed herein shown be drivenat. high speedand still give the proper time interval for` the iseparation of the bricks and molds y f Having thus described my invention what l claim is:-. Y

l. In a machine of the vkind described, the combination with a main rtraine having a vertical tower, orp a reciprocating' vcarriage movable in said frame, mold pusher and a mold advancer caniiected to. saidA carriage,

a mold inverter operable from the Vcarriage and means for raising the molds and lowering the pallets and means for lowering the molds.

2. The combination with'a main frame,of yaV reciprocatingcarriage movable in said frame, a sander arranged in said traine, ineans connected to said carriage for pushing inverted molds across the top of said sander, a mold inverter opera-ble from said carriage, anda mold advancericonnected to said frame. e i.

3. The combination .witha main frame, of a reciprocating carriage movable therein, a mold pusher and a mold advancer connected to said carriage, a mold inverter, and means for rotating the saine at predetermined periods, said means being Operable from the carriage.

4. The combination withv a frame, of a reciprocating carriage, a pallet ieceiverand mold pusher attached to one end oi'said carrier, a mold advancer connected to the opposite end of said carriage, and a mold inverter arranged Ain the main traine intermediate the moldpusher and mold advancer.

'LThe combination with al frame, of a l reciprocating carriage, a pallet receiver and mold' pusher attached to one end of said carriage, a mold advancer connected to the opposite end 'of said carriage, and a mold inverter arranged in vthemain frame intermediate the moldl pusher and mold y-advancer, and a sander intermediate the mold pusher and inverter.

` 6. The combination with a iframe,ofl a reciprocating carriage, a pallet receiver vand mold pusher attached to one end of sa'id Ycariiage, a mold advancer 'connected to the opposite end of said carriage, and a mold inverter Varranged inthe main frame intermediate the mold pusher and mold advancer,

l said inverter being operable lrointhe car- Cil vinverter and bumper being t? The combination with a man neme, of a reciprocating carriage, a mold inverter ar`- ranged in said frame and rotatable at predetermined periods, and a mold bumper, said operable from the carriage.

f8; The combination with armain frame, of a reciprocating carriage,l `a mold pusher and amold advancer connected to said carriage,

a sander in advance of the .pusher and an inverter in advance of the sander, a mold bumper, ,and means operatively connected with the carriage. for rotating the inverter and rocking the bumper.

9. The combination with a main frame having a tower, of means operable in said tramek and tower tor raising and inverting a palleted mold, and lower said pallet, and

Vmeans Yalso operable in said tower and frame for lowering the mold. f

-. l0. The combination vwith a main framel having a tower, of means operable in said tower 'and trame tor raising a palleted mold, inverting the same and lowering the pallet,

and means for lowering the mold, said mold lowering` lmeans moving at a speed less than the speed of thepallet lowering means.

ll. The combination with a; main frame having a tower, of means operable inv said tower 'and l:frame for raising a palleted mold,

vinverting the same and lowering the pallet and means for lowering themold, said mold lowering means moving at a speed less than "the speed ofthe palletflowering means, and

inverting the same and lowering the pallet, and means for lowering the mold, said mold lowering means moving at a speedless than the speed of the pallet lowering means, and a mold pusher adapted to push theinverted .mold from lthe mold lowering means.

*13. The combination with a main A'frame having a tower, of means operable in said tower and a ramefor raising a palleted mold, inverting thevsame and lowering the pallet, and means Vfor lowering the mold, said mold lowering means moving at a speed `lessthan the speed of the pallet lowering means, and a pallet receiver movable into and out of the fpath of the descending pallet, and a mold pusher adapted to push the-iiiverted mold from the mold lowering means.

14;. The combination with Va mainframe having al vertical tower, of a reciprocating carriage movable in vthe frame, means operable'in the tower and frame for raising a palleted mold, inverting the same and llowering the pallet,.means for lowering the mold, said mold lowering means moving slower than the pallet lowering means, and a pallet receiver connected tothe carriage. and adapted to receive the pallet.

jl5.' The combination with a main. frame having` a tower, of a reciprocatingY carriage movable inthe Jframe, means operable in'said tower and. frame for raising a palleted mold,

inverting the same and lowering the pallet,l

means for lowering-the mold, said mold lowering means moving slower than the pallet lowering means, a pallet receivergand a mold pusher connected to the carriage and operating upoiithe palletand mold, so lowered.

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1,6. The combination with a main trame 'having a tower, of .a reciprocating carriage 17. rEhe combination with a main Jframe having a tower, of a reciprocating carriage movable in the trame, means operable in said tower and 'frame tor raising a palleted mold, inverting the same and lowering the pallet, means for lowering the mold, said mold lowering means moving slower than the pallet lowering` means, a pallet receiver and a mold pusher connected to the carriage and operating upon the pallet and mold, so lowered, a mold inverter operably connected with the carriage, and a mold advancer connected to the carriage and adapted to advance the mold from the inverter.

18. Thecombination with a main traine having a tower, or" a reciprocating .carriage movable in .the trame, means operable in said tower and frame for raising a palleted mold, inverting the same and lowering the pallet, means for lowering the mold, said mold lowering means moving slower than the pallet lowering means, a pallet receiver and a mold pusher connected to the carriage and ope-rating` upon the pallet and mold, so lowered, a mold inverter' operably connected with the carriage, a mold advancer connected to the carriage and adapted to advance the mold 'from the inverter, and a sander between the mold pusher and inverter and over which the inverted moldis pushed.

19. rfhe combination with a main trame having a tower, of a reciprocating carriage movable in the trame, means operable in said tower and frame ior raising a palleted mold, inverting the same and lowering the pallet, means for lowering the mold, said mold lowering means moving slower than the pallet lowering means, a pallet receiver and a mold pusher connected to the carriage and operating upon the pallet and mold, so lowered, va mold inverter operably connected with the carriage, a mold advancer connected to the carriage and adaptedto advance the mold from the iniferter, a sander between the mold pusher and inverter and overwhich the inverted vmold is pushed, a mold litter adapted to litt the mold from the advancer, and a mold placer to move the mold in place troni the litter..

20. rlhe combination with -a main trame and tower, ot a reciprocating carriage movable in the frame, endless carriers movable in the tower .and Atrame for raising a palleted mold, inverting the same and lowering the pallet, endless carriers for lowering .the mold, said mold lowering carriers moving slower than the pallet lowering carriers, 'a pallet receiver, a mold pusher and a mold advancer connected to the carriage, a mold inverter and means operatively connected with the carriage tor rotating said inverter at definite periods.

2l. The combination with a main frame and tower, of: a reciprocating carriage mov able in the traine, endless carriers movable in the tower and trame tor raising a palleted mold, inverting the same and 'lowering the pallet, endless carriers tor lowering the mold, said mold lowering carriers moving slower v,than ,the pallet lowering carriers, a pallet receiver, a Vmold pusher and a mold advancer connected to the carriage, a sander arranged in the trame between the mold pusher Land inverter, a mold inverter and means operatively connected with the carriage for rotating said inverter at definite periods. A i i 22. The combination with a `main trame having a tower, of a reciprocating carriage having a pallet receiver, mold pusher and mold advancer connected therewith, a mold inverter arranged in the trame and operable from the carriage, endless carriers of difierential speed movable in the tower and trame for raising a palleted mold, inverting the same, and simultaneously lowering and separating the l,pallet and mold, Iand operative means between the carriers and carriage.

23. ln a machine of the kind described, thepcombination with an endless chain, of shafts arranged in pair and connected to said chain, mold lifting fingers carried by one shatt, palle-t ,lowering ngers carried by the other shaft, and means for rocking said shafts in reverse directions whereby said fingers first approach each other and Vthen recede.

2li. In a device of the' kind described, the combination with means for carrying and reversing a filled and palleted mold, of means for receiving and carrying the emptied mold while the pallet with the bricks thereon remains upon the'first named carrying means, said second named means having a movement relatively slower than the first named means.

25. In a device of the kind described, the combination with means raising and-inverting a filled and palleted mold, of means for receiving and lowering the inverted mold, said mold lowering means moving in the same general direction as the pallet carrying means but at a relatively slower speed whereby the pallet, with the brick-s thereon are moved vertically away from the mold.

26. In a device of the kind described, an 

